Temporalization of social space: Remarks toward a sociology of time

Abstract

This article has two objectives: (i) to organize the debate about time within sociology and (ii) to carry out a characterization of social theory that incorporates in a substantive way the temporal discussion through the notion of temporalization of the social space. These objectives will be pursued by analyzing how different authors and classical theories of sociology dealt with time, trying to grasp the formulations and the aspects that help us in this analysis. The project which is carried forward is an experiment in approaching the theme of modernity through its temporality: how modernity and/or modern social relations can be understood through their connection with time, or how they build a specific temporality that allows the emergence of a distinctively modern time.

Keywords: sociology of time, temporalization of social space, sociological theory.